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In the year 1908
57 Notable deaths
Princess Elisabeth Sybille of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
German princess (1854-1908).
Born February 28th, 1854 in Weimar.
Died July 10th, 1908 at 54 years old in Schloss Wiligrad.
Grigory Gershuni
Russian revolutionary (1870–1908).
Born February 18th, 1870 in Kaunas.
Died March 17th, 1908 at 38 years old in Zurich (tuberculosis).
Josef Wagner
Austrian composer (1856-1908).
Born March 20th, 1856 in Vienna.
Died June 5th, 1908 at 52 years old in Vienna.
James Budd
Governor of california (1851-1908).
Born May 18th, 1851 in Janesville.
Died July 30th, 1908 at 57 years old in Stockton.
Albert Libertad
French politician (1875–1908).
Born November 24th, 1875 in Bordeaux.
Died November 12th, 1908 at 32 years old in Paris.
Radoje Domanović
Serbian writer (1873–1908).
Born February 16th, 1873 in Ovsište.
Died August 17th, 1908 at 35 years old in Belgrade (tuberculosis).
Simo Matavulj
Serbian writer (1852-1908).
Born September 14th, 1852 in Šibenik.
Died February 20th, 1908 at 55 years old in Belgrade.
Jef Lambeaux
Belgian sculptor (1852-1908).
Born January 14th, 1852 in Antwerp. [ref]
Died June 5th, 1908 at 56 years old in City of Brussels. [ref]
Samuel Hirszenberg
Polish artist (1865-1908).
Born February 22nd, 1865 in Łódź.
Died September 15th, 1908 at 43 years old in Jerusalem. [ref]
Rūdolfs Blaumanis
Latvian writer, journalist and playwright (1863–1908).
Born January 1st, 1863 in Latvia, Ērgļi.
Died September 4th, 1908 at 45 years old in Punkaharju (tuberculosis).
Benedict Friedlaender
German academic and scientist.
Born July 18th, 1866 in Berlin.
Died June 21st, 1908 at 41 years old in Schöneberg. [ref]
Prince Bojidar Karageorgevitch
Serbian artist and writer on art (1861–1908).
Born January 11th, 1862.
Died April 14th, 1908 at 46 years old in Versailles. [ref]
Eduard Glaser
Austrian archaeologist (1855–1908).
Born March 15th, 1855 in Podbořanský Rohozec.
Died May 7th, 1908 at 53 years old in Munich.
Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević
Croatian poet (1865–1908).
Born February 17th, 1865 in Senj.
Died October 29th, 1908 at 43 years old in Sarajevo.
Friedrich Traun
German tennis player (1876-1908).
Born March 29th, 1876 in Wandsbek.
Died July 11th, 1908 at 32 years old in Hamburg.
Artur Azevedo
Brazilian writer.
Born July 7th, 1855 in São Luís.
Died October 22nd, 1908 at 53 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Walter Leistikow
German artist (1865-1908).
Born October 25th, 1865 in Bydgoszcz.
Died July 24th, 1908 at 42 years old in Berlin.
Robert Burns Smith
American politician (1854-1908).
Born December 29th, 1854 in Hickman County.
Died November 16th, 1908 at 53 years old in Kalispell.
Josip Račić
Croatian painter (1885-1908).
Born March 22nd, 1885 in Zagreb.
Died June 19th, 1908 at 23 years old in Paris.
Manuel Curros Enríquez
Spanish author (1851-1908).
Born September 15th, 1851 in Celanova.
Died March 7th, 1908 at 56 years old in Havana.
Albrecht Dieterich
German classical philologist and religious studies scholar.
Born May 2nd, 1866 in Bad Hersfeld. [ref]
Died May 6th, 1908 at 42 years old in Heidelberg. [ref]
Muratsan
Armenian writer (1854–1908).
Born December 13th, 1854 in Shusha.
Died September 25th, 1908 at 53 years old in Tbilisi.
Arpiar Arpiarian
Armenian writer and journalist (1851–1908).
Born December 21st, 1851 in Samsun.
Died February 12th, 1908 at 56 years old in Cairo.
Wilhelm Grube
German linguist.
Born August 17th, 1855 in Saint Petersburg.
Died July 2nd, 1908 at 52 years old in Halensee.
William Richardson Linton
Botanist and cleric (1850-1908).
Born April 2nd, 1850 in Diddington.
Died April 7th, 1908 at 58 years old in Ashbourne.
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Man always thinks about the past before he dies, as if he were frantically searching for proof that he truly lived. Jet Black